“I am not here for the conventional political activity. I am here to make a difference...Amritsar requires a different kind of politics. It should be increasingly become more issue oriented and less personality oriented.
It is only then that the people here can collectively make a difference,” he said.
Jaitley also shared his vision for Amritsar, which was a clean city with broad roads, flyovers, elevated bus corridor, proper sewage and drainage system, public transport system, educational institutions and one with modern industries at the outskirts and buzzing with trade.
He said he visualised it as a primary tourism circuit where tourism infrastructure like restaurants, guest houses, hotels, dhabas are extensive, besides a world class sports complex, an amusement park, a walking bazaar where handicrafts are sold and a food street where people arrive from all over to enjoy the delicacies of Punjab.
“I can foresee the highway to Attari, buzzing with warehouses, offices and hotels which become the centre of border trade. I visualise a drug free Amritsar where the drug smuggling across the border is handled as strictly as the terrorist infiltration.
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